Learning about your own genetic idiosyncrasies comes with complex emotions.

An analysis of 14,000 genomes reveals regions where new mutations are more likely to develop.

Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is necessary for the destruction of paternal mtDNA in fruit fly sperm, scientists show.

This year marks the centennial of Calvin Bridges’s description of nondisjunction as proof that chromosomes are vehicles for inheritance.

Raphael Weldon’s critiques of Mendelian principles were 100 years ahead of his time.

Without a vacuole, cell-cycle progression stalls out in yeast cells.

How one generation’s experience can affect the next

The stressors a female rat experiences during pregnancy can have repercussions for her granddaughters, a study shows. 

Examining more than 20 years of Swedish birth records, researchers determine that autism risk is influenced equally by genetic and environmental factors.

More than school or family environment, a child’s genetics influences high school exam results.